West Tuipui Assembly Election: Congress' Nihar Kanti Chakma has won the constituency

Nihar Kanti Chakma won the West Tuipui seat once again

Results of the 2018 Mizoram Assembly elections will be declared on December 11&nbsp

Aizawl: The constituency of West Tuipui is in Mizoram's Mizoram region. CONG's candidate Nihar Kanti Chakma is the sitting MLA. Nihar Kanti Chakma has held on to the seat and won again in this election.

The constituency of West Tuipui is a part of Mizoram’s Lunglei district and is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates. The elections took place on November 28, 2018. The Indian National Congress (INC) candidate Nihar Kanti Chakma won the seat in the 2013 Assembly elections. Nihar Kanti Chakma is contesting again in the 2018 Assembly polls for Congress.

The candidate contesting for MNF in the 2018 Assembly elections is F Robert Hmingthansanga. Apart from West Tuipui, Lunglei district comprises the constituencies of Lunglei North, South Tuipui, Lunglei West, Lunglei East, Lunglei South and Thorang.

The state of Mizoram recorded a voting percentage of 80.15%.

Mizoram voters cast their ballots on November 28 to elect a 40-member House in the 2018 Assembly elections. Counting of votes will take place on December 11. Mizoram is the only state in the north-east which is ruled by a Congress government.

As per the Election Commission, the state has a voter population of 7.68 lakh. Meanwhile, the Congress, under five-time chief minister Lal Thanhawla, has been in power in the state since 2008.